re: [Flightgear-devel] Video flight recorder

2002-05-29 Thread David Megginson
tanks; i.e. we cannot just have controls fuel-selector-pos-1/fuel-selector-pos /controls but rather, we'll need something like controls fuel-feed n=0 engine n=0false/engine engine n=1true/engine /fuel-feed /controls and so on. All the best, David -- David Megginson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Missing Model Problem

2002-05-29 Thread David Megginson
model, then work on the JSBSim model as time comes available. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Missing Model Problem

2002-05-30 Thread David Megginson
modellers and thumbnail reviews: http://www.worldforge.org/dev/eng/3d_compare_html All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

re: [Flightgear-devel] Developer Locations update

2002-05-30 Thread David Megginson
degrees and minutes will be good enough (it will tell someone your neighbourhood but not your house); even just degrees would be OK. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Cessna POH's

2002-05-30 Thread David Megginson
. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Cessna POH's

2002-05-30 Thread David Megginson
we should be able to get them very cheap. But who sells them? The airlines get them directly from the aircraft manufacturers. I'd be surprised if they were allowed to resell outdated ones. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim solution solution?

2002-05-30 Thread David Megginson
being fed to YASim, and bad pilot climb technique. From the BADA site I posted a couple of days ago: ftp://bada.eurocontrol.fr/bada/3.3/B744__.PTF All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Missing Model Problem

2002-05-30 Thread David Megginson
or y coordinates. It would take a lot less time to learn Blender. Besides, batch-mode UV mapping wouldn't be fun. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim 747-400 climb performance

2002-05-31 Thread David Megginson
be an interpolation problem -- I'm using the regular SimGear interpolation table, while YASim uses a custom interpolation table. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

re: [Flightgear-devel] Pressure errors in FGEnvironment

2002-05-31 Thread David Megginson
, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] ANN: FlightGear Scenery Tutorial

2002-05-31 Thread David Megginson
for any part of the world (nothing is US-specific), and can include roads, rivers, railroads, lit runways, locally-modified or new airports, etc. Curt: could you add this to the TerraGear Web site? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim 747-400 climb performance

2002-05-31 Thread David Megginson
load? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft

2002-06-03 Thread David Megginson
-Tail.html All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Gear rumble

2002-06-03 Thread David Megginson
sort. Now you've gone and spoiled it for me. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] new potential developer :)

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
that anything finer than 100m-resolution (1:250,000) DEMs probably won't build. We're still talking about LOD for terrain, but would love to have someone who actually does something rather than just talking about it. Let me know about any help you might need. All the best, David -- David Megginson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Parsing Lon/lat strings

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
). Different tools have different input methods: if you're using Gnome, for example, the fastest way is to open the Gnome Character Map utility. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Crash on Reset function.

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
on a reset, with the exception of the FDM, since all can adjust their state as required. The short-term fix is harder to guess; it will depend on what we all find while digging around. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] new potential developer :)

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
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re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Parsing Lon/lat strings

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
combinations. North Americans are likely not to have a compose key set up, hence my other advice. Here's how to bind right-ALT to Multi-key: xmodmap -e 'keycode 113=Multi_key' Now you can type [RightAlt]^0 to get °. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Report on my Scenery Investigation

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
to put anything large there for download. If there are any volunteers, I'd be happy to send copies of my scenery for them to host. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FGFS VC++ 7.0

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
I've put the patch in CVS -- thanks. David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Pressure errors in FGEnvironment

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Pressure errors in FGEnvironment

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
as factors instead. It seems OK at lower altitudes, but please let me know how it affects the 747. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

re: [Flightgear-devel] VSI units mismatch panel/steam

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
renamed the property to /steam/vertical-speed-fps and have updated the property name in the two panel instruments that depend on the property. I couldn't find any dependencies in the configurable HUDs. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

[Flightgear-devel] YASim and the atmosphere

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
want to work with the external atmosphere model now. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Report on my Scenery Investigation

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
Kaiser Georg writes: Which volume do we speek of? Gigabytes/month transfered. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim and the atmosphere

2002-06-05 Thread David Megginson
to bet much on my chances of clearing any obstacles near the end of the runway in a C172 under these conditions. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Crash on Reset function.

2002-06-06 Thread David Megginson
program; now that FlightGear is a lot more sophisticated, we need to refactor a bit rather than just holding things together with scotch tape and bubble gum. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Comments on FGFS review summary

2002-06-06 Thread David Megginson
to hold in the flare than the real thing, but that's probably because of the lack of peripheral vision and motion cues. I also find that the viewpoint in the 3D cockpit is still slightly too low for me. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Comments on FGFS review summary

2002-06-06 Thread David Megginson
, Ryan Spirit of St Louis, Leza AirCam, the Hummelbird, the Volksplane etc. Sure, but I'm also interested in getting FlightGear set up as a decent general-aviation FTD -- some of the stuff in the flight schools is ancient, and FTD's are way overpriced. All the best, David -- David Megginson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Comments on FGFS review summary

2002-06-06 Thread David Megginson
degrees of flaps on the base leg -- I descended a little too far, and ended up needing full throttle just to level my descent briefly at 70 KIAS. It's like dragging a parachute. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Comments on FGFS review summary

2002-06-06 Thread David Megginson
Jon S Berndt writes: Should we make it nastier? Is there a human factors scale anywhere that has Nasty on it? :-) One American Nasty unit =~ 0.789 Metric Paris Cabbies. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Patch for options.cxx

2002-06-07 Thread David Megginson
into the source. Sound like a good idea? Any objections? It sounds harmless. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

[Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread David Megginson
. Thanks again, and all the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] BGL Loader for PLIB

2002-06-07 Thread David Megginson
to do so would injure them or others. Seriously, Christian, we're not that bigoted. We know that you made important, free contributions to the MSFS community, and are very grateful that you're interested in doing the same here. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread David Megginson
heavy anyway), but I did end up in an extraordinarily long flare, even with full flaps and 65kt over the fence -- thank god for 3,000ft runways. Congratulations! Thanks (and thanks to everyone else for their kind wishes as well). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Report on my Scenery Investigation

2002-06-07 Thread David Megginson
see if we can find someone with a fatter pipe. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Patch for options.cxx

2002-06-07 Thread David Megginson
be trickier (the ones that require special parsing of the argument, for example). Any volunteers? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] BGL Loader part 2

2002-06-07 Thread David Megginson
Jürgen Marquardt writes: done :) Here are the actual URLs: http://www.simpits.org/fileproc/files/fgfs-screen-017.jpg http://www.simpits.org/fileproc/files/fgfs-screen-019.jpg Beautiful! All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

[Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread David Megginson
. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Atmosphere and JSBSim

2002-06-08 Thread David Megginson
. Leaning the mixture probably would have helped. These are close to the extreme conditions most pilots would see near sea level, unless they're flying around Antarctica. For more fun, try the second scenario at a high-elevation airport like Denver. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread David Megginson
developers who are), and Java will make life a lot easier for Mac and Windows users who probably already have Java on their systems but would run away screaming if we asked them to install Python or Perl. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Where is the time ?

2002-06-08 Thread David Megginson
Olivier Grisel writes: I can't see the date / time in the property tree. Can we act on it only with the command line options ? /sim/time/gmt It is in the ISO format -mm-ddThh:mm:ss. At the time of writing, it is approximately 2002-06-08T17:45:00. All the best, David -- David

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-09 Thread David Megginson
, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-09 Thread David Megginson
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[Flightgear-devel] --wind option update

2002-06-09 Thread David Megginson
:220@5 All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Plib smoothing and transparency patches

2002-06-10 Thread David Megginson
are making noises about putting out a stable release; with luck, it will be ready in time for our next release. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

re: [Flightgear-devel] Rain, snow and thunderstorm

2002-06-11 Thread David Megginson
. It's a big problem, and I'd like to solve some smaller problems first (like 3D clouds), but we'll have to hit it someday. If you're volunteering, you are very welcome. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: SGPropertyChangeListener

2002-06-18 Thread David Megginson
pointer to every property node it's listening to, then the destructor could unregister it automatically to avoid dangling pointers. I'll have to look into that. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] static variables

2002-06-18 Thread David Megginson
? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] blue angel

2002-06-18 Thread David Megginson
to rotate the aircraft by 20-30 degrees, and is much less forgiving. That might be overstating the case. Smooth inputs are necessary on a C172 as well, especially if you're trying to stay within small tolerances (i.e. +-5kt airspeed or +-50ft altitude). All the best, David -- David Megginson

[Flightgear-devel] More on property listeners

2002-06-18 Thread David Megginson
. If there are any volunteers for either of these, I will be very grateful; otherwise, I'll try to get to them as time is available. Thanks, and all the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] blue angel

2002-06-18 Thread David Megginson
Andy Ross writes: David Megginson wrote: That might be overstating the case. Smooth inputs are necessary on a C172 as well, especially if you're trying to stay within small tolerances (i.e. +-5kt airspeed or +-50ft altitude). True enough; graceful control input is always

Re: [Flightgear-devel] blue angel

2002-06-18 Thread David Megginson
be that hard; I'd imagine that even a Spitfire could manage 6Gs in some maneuvers. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] blue angel

2002-06-18 Thread David Megginson
of Britain already models this -- if you pull too many G's, things go blurry and red. For extra credit, record a pilot grunting or huffing sound and play it at high G's. One of the sims I've played did this. It was cool. :) Yes, I think that was BoB. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] US and Canadian Circuits

2002-06-20 Thread David Megginson
callsign will be Canadian Alpha Bravo Charlie. A little longer, at least on first contact -- Canadian Charlie Gulf (or Foxtrot) Alpha Bravo Charlie. Apparently, American controllers have a tendency to add a November before Canadian callsigns, just out of habit. All the best, David -- David

Re: Landing hints (was re: [Flightgear-devel] New A-4/jet panel instruments)

2002-06-20 Thread David Megginson
evening I did over 40 approaches in rapid succession using the forecast conditions from the TAF, then nailed my first solo the next morning. 3. Reading, rereading, and rerereading http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/how/htm/ All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] question about fg joystick support -- whereis it?/grep question

2002-06-20 Thread David Megginson
through the results. (And after all that, I'm sure that someone will point out that emacs has a multi-file grep feature too. I'm just not aware of one.) M-x grep M-x grep-find Or, if you've already run etags, M-x tags-search All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] US and Canadian Circuits

2002-06-20 Thread David Megginson
? No, but I've heard about it. Strange Brew is the classic Canadian-identity movie. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: Landing hints (was re: [Flightgear-devel] New A-4/jet panel instruments)

2002-06-20 Thread David Megginson
_which_ glide slope you're on. It seems to work quite well. That's the same technique that sailors are using to figure out if they are on collision course. And WWII fighter pilots, for that matter. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Spiffy new panel gadget

2002-06-21 Thread David Megginson
models. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Spiffy new panel gadget

2002-06-21 Thread David Megginson
not AC3D format anymore. For now, Andy, why not just generate a single object containing all of the surfaces, rather than 6 separate objects? Then plib will have less trouble with the normals. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

[Flightgear-devel] ANN: C172P Hi-Res Panel Photos

2002-06-21 Thread David Megginson
closeups (1024x768) of each of the instruments and controls except for the Hobbs and the mag compass. I hope that it will be helpful for panel designers. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] AC3D file format travails

2002-06-21 Thread David Megginson
Voodoo3 cards will automatically get a scaled-down version; at least, I'm using 512x512 textures for my aircraft models, and no one is complaining. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: C172P Hi-Res Panel Photos

2002-06-21 Thread David Megginson
the moving parts (gear, alerons, rudder, flaps, elevator and the prop)? Yes, I took some of those, too (all from the left side, hidden by the plane, to avoid too much embarrassment, but I still got jokes about taking 'before and after' photos before I went up). Thanks, David -- David Megginson

RE: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: C172P Hi-Res Panel Photos

2002-06-24 Thread David Megginson
. Any chance of giving the pics descriptive names so that people can find things faster? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

[Flightgear-devel] Mag compass

2002-06-24 Thread David Megginson
The mag compass seems to have lost its turning and acceleration errors, or else they've been reduced by a magnitude or two. Has anyone touched the steam code recently? Perhaps one of the values it needs has changed units. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Remove .cvsignore?

2002-06-26 Thread David Megginson
Cameron Moore writes: Personally, I agree with Fred. The number of people who will actually be using a custom cvsignore will be far fewer than those of us who will not. That seems to be the consensus -- I won't remove them. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: C172P Hi-Res Panel Photos

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] jitters testing

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
jittering is noticeable. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] jitters testing

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] jitters testing

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
the same way. On that point, I've tried your patch and it works, but the YASim FDM is then (inexplicably) frozen. Is it working for anyone else? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Andy's 3D Instrument Panel Update

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
David Megginson writes: On that point, I've tried your patch and it works, but the YASim FDM is then (inexplicably) frozen. Is it working for anyone else? OK, it's working for me now with the files Andy sent, with one exception -- none of the text on the radio displays on the C172 panel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] jitters testing

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's not something silly like the /sim/panel/jitter property being non-zero, is it? Nah... that would be too silly. That would have no effect on the aircraft model. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JavaScript!

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: and (2) small? We can already do scripting, of course, though -rwxr-xr-x1 erik user 826244 Mar 13 14:19 libjs.so I'm actually more concerned about the source tree size. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JavaScript!

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
if the interpreter were a lot smaller. Erik -- what do your bindings look like? Is anyone going to argue for embedding a small Scheme interpreter instead? Does anyone know of a smaller ECMAScript implementation? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JavaScript!

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
developers. Of the three, Java is the most likely to be already installed on a user's machine, but even then they probably have no idea how to use it. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] jitters testing

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
Andy Ross writes: I saw it once, but unfortunately didn't track it far enough. It's since stopped happening to me. David, if you're getting this repeatably, would you mind tracing the bad values in gdb with a watchpoint? I can no longer repeat it. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JavaScript!

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: We might want to go for js-1.3 then: -rw-rw-r-- 1 22 22481442 Sep 1 1998 js-1.3-1.tar.gz Could we trim that down by another 75% or so? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] jitters testing

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
node in the scenery tree. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JavaScript!

2002-06-27 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: or do you mean: fgfs.set fgfs.setBoolean fgfs.get fgfs.getBoolean Yes, that stuff. It looks reasonable. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JavaScript!

2002-06-28 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: Yes, that stuff. It looks reasonable. Reasonable??? It's the same syntax you used for the Java library! I'm (well) over 18, so from me reasonable is higher praise than cool. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

[Flightgear-devel] 3D Panel and LOD

2002-06-28 Thread David Megginson
that the animations can specify an LOD. Andy, any preference? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: 3d Panel problem

2002-06-29 Thread David Megginson
compass face would show up. The right solution will be to make the mag compass its own panel with a different x offset, or (even better) a 3D object. Feel free to play around. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] dumb suggestion

2002-06-29 Thread David Megginson
. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] dumb suggestion

2002-06-29 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: That and we should probably make the pilot be able to salute. Now that would be easy, but he needs an arm first! Thumbs up first, please. Might be fun to do an eject too :-) He'll need his own FDM, then. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JavaScript!

2002-06-29 Thread David Megginson
? Run away screaming. There are several (many?) small, tight Scheme interpreters available, but Guile isn't in the list -- by now, it probably makes Python and Perl look compact. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] dumb suggestion

2002-06-29 Thread David Megginson
speakers. You could smuggle each one in a backpack. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] dumb suggestion

2002-06-29 Thread David Megginson
, say, 15-30 deg below the horizon. Otherwise, it lights up the bottoms of objects at night. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The string class fights back (was: Propertybrowser bugs)

2002-07-01 Thread David Megginson
by forcing her to supply a buffer. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] The string class fights back (was: Property browser bugs)

2002-07-01 Thread David Megginson
getStringValue where the slowdowns happen (we were talking about that at the same time). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: 3d Panel problem

2002-07-01 Thread David Megginson
the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] The string class fights back (was: Property browser bugs)

2002-07-02 Thread David Megginson
lookup. If you are seeing any slowdowns, they'll be coming from SGPropertyNode::hash_table, so that's a good place to start for optimizations. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: FlightGear/src/FDM/JSBSimFGPiston.cpp,1.32,1.33

2002-07-02 Thread David Megginson
David Luff writes: CylinderHeadTemp_degK += (dqdt_cylinder_head / HeatCapacityCylinderHead) * dt; Corrected. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Small Scheme library

2002-07-03 Thread David Megginson
, then we should jump on it; otherwise, the evil of holding back FlightGear development indefinitely might outweigh even the evil of using Scheme. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Small Scheme library

2002-07-03 Thread David Megginson
Tony Peden writes: I don't know how many interdependencies there are, but the js related source and headers total 142k. Check that, 212k. That's pretty close. I wonder how bad the dependencies are. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

re: [Flightgear-devel] relative gear/flap sound volume

2002-07-03 Thread David Megginson
-trivial bit of contortion with an instrument-training hood on. /lack-of-humour All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

re: [Flightgear-devel] relative gear/flap sound volume

2002-07-03 Thread David Megginson
fuel tank covers. (And extinguish your cigarettes.) :-) Remember to jump up off the floor just before the plane hits the ground, and you'll be fine. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] relative gear/flap sound volume

2002-07-04 Thread David Megginson
you upside-down. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] dc3 effectiveness=nnn for both hstab andvstab

2002-07-04 Thread David Megginson
spent significant time with it, I think. The model, not the real aircraft, for the record. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

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